1987 American League Awards, All-Stars and Other Leaders

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League Awards

Batting stats are G BA/OBP/SLG Pitching stats are W-L ERA, SO.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results

Most Valuable Player Award	George Bell TOR 156 G .308/.352/.605
Cy Young Award	Roger Clemens BOS 20-9, 2.97, 256 SO
Rookie of the Year Award	Mark McGwire OAK 151 G .289/.370/.618
Manager of the Year Award	Sparky Anderson
Batting Champion (highest BA as recognized at time) (List of Winners)	Wade Boggs BOS 147 G .363/.461/.588
ERA Pitching Champion (lowest ERA as recognized at time) (List of Winners)	Jimmy Key TOR 17-8, 2.76, 161 SO
Rolaids Reliever of the Year	Dave Righetti NYY 8-6 (31 SV), 3.51, 77 SO
ALCS MVP	Gary Gaetti - S
TSN Pitcher of the Year	Jimmy Key TOR 17-8, 2.76, 161 SO

Gold Glove Winners (history)

Pitcher	Mark Langston
Catcher	Bob Boone
First Base	Don Mattingly
Second Base	Frank White
Third Base	Gary Gaetti
Shortstop	Tony Fernandez
Outfield	Jesse Barfield, Kirby Puckett and Dave Winfield

Silver Slugger Winners (history)

Catcher	Matt Nokes DET 135 G .289/.345/.536
First Base	Don Mattingly NYY 141 G .327/.378/.559
Second Base	Lou Whitaker DET 149 G .265/.341/.427
Third Base	Wade Boggs BOS 147 G .363/.461/.588
Shortstop	Alan Trammell DET 151 G .343/.402/.551
Outfield	George Bell TOR 156 G .308/.352/.605 Dwight Evans BOS 154 G .305/.417/.569 Kirby Puckett MIN 157 G .332/.367/.534

League All-Stars

All Star Directory · (* - indicates they played)

Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Bret Saberhagen (KCR) C. Terry Kennedy (BAL) 1B. Don Mattingly (NYY) 2B. Willie Randolph (NYY) 3B. Wade Boggs (BOS) SS. Cal Ripken (BAL) LF. George Bell (TOR) CF. Rickey Henderson (NYY) RF. Dave Winfield (NYY)	Harold Baines* (CHW) George Brett (KCR) Dwight Evans* (BOS) Tony Fernandez* (TOR) Tom Henke* (TOR) Jay Howell* (OAK) Bruce Hurst (BOS) Mark Langston* (SEA) Mark McGwire* (OAK)	Jack Morris* (DET) Matt Nokes* (DET) Larry Parrish* (TEX) Dan Plesac* (MIL) Kirby Puckett* (MIN) Harold Reynolds* (SEA) Dave Righetti* (NYY) Kevin Seitzer* (KCR) Pat Tabler* (CLE)	Alan Trammell* (DET) Lou Whitaker (DET) Mike Witt (CAL)

AL Other Leaders

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Wins Above Replacement--all s c a p y
1.	Clemens (BOS)	9.5
2.	Boggs (BOS)	8.3
3.	Trammell (DET)	8.2
4.	Viola (MIN)	8.1
5.	Saberhagen (KCR)	8.0
6.	Key (TOR)	7.4
7.	Higuera (MIL)	6.5
8.	Leibrandt (KCR)	6.1
9.	Molitor (MIL)	6.0
10.	Langston (SEA)	5.9

Oldest s c a p y
1.	Niekro (CLE)	born 1939-04-01
2.	John (NYY)	born 1943-05-22
3.	Niekro (MIN)	born 1944-11-07
4.	Carlton (CLE)	born 1944-12-22
5.	Sutton (CAL)	born 1945-04-02
6.	McRae (KCR)	born 1945-07-10
7.	Jackson (OAK)	born 1946-05-18
8.	Paciorek (TEX)	born 1946-11-02
9.	Evans (DET)	born 1947-05-26
10.	Garber (KCR)	born 1947-11-13

Youngest s c a p y
1.	Garcia (CAL)	born 1967-04-03
2.	Mesa (BAL)	born 1966-05-22
3.	Correa (TEX)	born 1966-04-29
4.	Myers (TOR)	born 1966-04-14
5.	Perez (KCR)	born 1966-02-15
6.	Browne (TEX)	born 1966-02-13
7.	McDowell (CHW)	born 1966-01-16
8.	Peterson (CHW)	born 1965-12-11
	Bell (CLE)	born 1965-12-11
10.	Leiter (NYY)	born 1965-10-23

Salary s c a p y
1.	Rice (BOS)	$2,110,000
2.	Brett (KCR)	$2,055,000
3.	Murray (BAL)	$2,044,757
4.	Mattingly (NYY)	$1,975,000
5.	Winfield (NYY)	$1,911,714
6.	Morris (DET)	$1,850,000
7.	Boggs (BOS)	$1,675,000
8.	Henderson (NYY)	$1,670,000
9.	Barfield (TOR)	$1,525,000
10.	Wilson (KCR)	$1,389,706

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1954, so all leaders are since 1954. Explanation of min. requirements

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